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Immigrant Labour Market Outcomes In Canada: Accounting For Age At Arrival, Country Of Origin And Gender, Marsha Priscilla Branco
Immigrant Labour Market Outcomes In Canada: Accounting For Age At Arrival, Country Of Origin And Gender, Marsha Priscilla Branco
Digitized Theses
Inunigrants make up a considerable proportion ofthe Canadian population, and are needed to support the Canadian economy. Immigrants appear to be having difficulty entering the labour market, even when achieving educationalsuccess. Answersastowhyareincompleteandtendnottotake immigrant diversity (especially in terms of country of origin and gender) into account. Toexplorelabourmarketoutcomesofworkers,thisstudyuseddata from the Ethnic Diversity Survey, and sought to examine the impact of country of birth, gender, education and age at arrival on immigrant labour market outcomes. The survey sampled 41,695 men and women and asked them about their country of origin, gender, education, age at arrival and labour market outcomes. The analyses conducted revealed …
Assessing Community Perceptions Of The Likely Impact Of A Probiotic Yogurt Project On Community Relations And Health In Mahina District, Mwanza, Tanzania, Melissa A. Whaling
Assessing Community Perceptions Of The Likely Impact Of A Probiotic Yogurt Project On Community Relations And Health In Mahina District, Mwanza, Tanzania, Melissa A. Whaling
Digitized Theses
This qualitative study explores the perceptions of the impacts of a proposed probiotic yogurt project on community relations in the Mahina community, Mwanza, Tanzania with the following objectives: to identify participants’ perceptions of probiotic yogurt and health; to examine project needs and facilitators; and to explore perceived barriers to project implementation in the context of community relations and gender roles. In-depth interviews (n=26) were conducted with residents and the analysis was informed by the literature on concepts of health, gender and development. The results revealed participants’ conceptions and misconceptions of probiotic yogurt including a misleading popular perceptions that probiotics can …
Inside School Administration In Nunavut: Four Women’S Stories, Caroline Joan Thompson
Inside School Administration In Nunavut: Four Women’S Stories, Caroline Joan Thompson
Digitized Theses
Educationaladministrationisadisciplinethatinvitesamultiplicityofperspectives. This study explores the careers of Inuit women who have been educational leaders in Nunavut schools for a number of years. It examines what it is like for them to be school administrators in the Canadian Arctic. The questions investigated include: How do Inuit women principals understand their role? What forces have shaped the way Inuit women see themselves as leaders in educational settings? Are the perceptions of the participants consistent with the paradigm of administration in Nunavut schools expressed by the Nunavut Department of Education and the Educational Leadership Program that is required for principal certification? What changes …
Thinking The Digital Corporeally: Toward A Haptic Styling Of Embodied Encounter, Adrian Scott Sinclair
Thinking The Digital Corporeally: Toward A Haptic Styling Of Embodied Encounter, Adrian Scott Sinclair
Digitized Theses
This thesis describes the lived-experience of digital embodiment. Writing against representational and semiotic accounts of cyber-bodies, I use Merleau-Ponty’s notion of the phenomenal body to describe the inter-corporeal quality of being digitally embodied. I suggest that the avatar is primarily a haptic image rather than being a visual representation of its user. A haptic image is a reflection of my comportment that forms the basis for my inter-acting senses “touching” each other to form a continuous experience rather than a felt-mixture of different sensations. I conclude that digital embodiment is actually rather fleshy. This conclusion returns me to an investigation …